On 9/23/10 9:50 AM, Mr Dash Four wrote:
> 
>> That doesn't need Shorewall support -- just set that context first for NEW
>> connections then override it for specific applications.
>>   
> I was not sure is the matching mechanism in secmarks the same as in the 
> rules file (i.e. first match wins)?
> 
> If that is so, then - you are right - I could include a capture-all rule 
> for this 'dummy' context right at the end

No -- it must be at the beginning.

> but this is also true for the 
> policy and rules files as well - I could always include a capture-all 
> ALLOW/DENY at the end of the rules file and that will, in effect, be the 
> same as specifying exactly the same thing in policy file, wouldn't it 
> (in fact, I think I remember in the early Shorewall versions that used 
> to be the case, right?)?

No -- Shorewall has always had a policy file. And The compiler complains
(warning) if you add a rule that is, in fact, a policy (e.g. ACTION,
SOURCE, and DEST and nothing else).

> 
> So, I guess what I am really after is something similar to the policy 
> file, but for secmarks.

Sorry -- I don't believe that it is worth the effort.

-Tom
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